In 1995, the company THIELE GmbH & Co. KG established operations in the United States specifically focused on the sales of the THIELE brand of overhead lifting chain and components. Since then, Conveying Chain, Fishing Chain, Lifting Points, Manual Cranes, Hoist Chains as well as Magnet Chain Slings have been added to the product line. New products are continually being added, most recently various fittings and additional trade sizes to the Grade 100-Product range.

Today, KWS Inc., with its main warehouse in Beckley, WV and regional warehouses in Chicago, IL and Los Angeles, CA, is able to supply German-made quality products to its valuable customers quickly.

Our commitment is: "You need it, we have it"! 

THIELE was established in Iserlohn-Kalthof, Germany more than 90 years ago and the company is now one of the world‘s leading manufacturers of chain systems. The forging of quality components has become our focus and our strength. Customers benefit from our established expertise in product design and manufacturing, with everything we supply being produced at our plant in Iserlohn, Germany.

For short reaction times and a smooth production process, we combine numerous production processes at our production site in Iserlohn in Germany. In addition to forging, various mechanical processing and simulation processes and surface finishing, we can offer our customers a high depth of added value. Upon request, we develop customer-specific solutions and products with you.

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The forging of failure-critical components is one of our core competencies. You benefit from our in-depth expertise in products and manufacturing processes. We produce our products at our German location in Iserlohn. With the help of our modern machinery, we are able to process component weights of up to 100 kg and component lengths of up to 1,350 mm.

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